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Amnesty International
GREETINGS CARD CAMPAIGNINDIVIDUALS AT RISK
Amnesty International
An annual campaign
Once a year, between 1st November and 31st January, Amnesty
International UK asks supporters to send cards with messages of HOPE
and SUPPORT to people all over the world who have suffered HUMAN
RIGHTS abuses.
An annual campaign
These cards offer hope and encouragement to those people and can
help to make them feel safe.
The impression their mail makes on police, prison staff or political authorities
can help to keep them safe.
Campaign 2005: Good news
UPDATE: GOOD NEWS - 3 November 2006
Amnesty International welcomes the release a few days ago of Eritrean gospel singer Helen Berhane, who had been detained incommunicado without charge or trial for two and a half years at Mai Serwa military camp.
Helen Berhane was among 2,000 detained members of banned evangelical churches in Eritrea, including her own Rema church, which has been subjected to sustained persecution by the Eritrean government in the last four years. She spent most of her detention in inhuman and degrading conditions inside a metal shipping container which was used as a prison cell. The authorities reportedly tortured her many times to make her recant her faith. In October 2006, she was admitted to hospital in Asmara as a result of new beatings. She was released in late October but is said to be confined to a wheelchair due to the injuries she sustained to her feet and legs. She refused to abandon her faith despite the threats and ill-treatment.
Many thanks to all those who have taken action on this case. No further action for Helen Berhane is required at this time.
Notwithstanding Helen Berhane's release, Amnesty International remains concerned that the systematic persecution of people on the basis of their religion continues unabated in Eritrea.
RELEASED FOLLOWING
THE 2005 CAMPAIGN!
Campaign 2007
25 cases
Campaign 2007
4 cases picked out especially for young people –
representative of different issues, and across different
continents
Four key cases for us
AZER BAIJANRUSLAN, MAKSIMAND DMITRI
CHINAYe Guozhu
ZIMBABW EWomen of Zimbabwe Arise(WOZA)
YEMEN: Fatima Hussein al-Badi
Ruslan, Maksim & Dmitri - Azerbaijan
Their crime?
Accused of murdering another teenager.
They say they are innocent.
The consequence?
They say they have been tortured.
They did not receive a fair trial.
FATIMA HUSSEIN AL-BADI - Yemen
Her crime?
She has been accused of murdering her husband.
The consequence?
The police told her to confess to the crime. She refused. She has
had no lawyer to defend her.
Please ..... send a message of hope!
YE GUOZHU - People's Republic of China
His crime?
He asked to organise a peaceful protest for being forced to leave his home to make way for building.
The consequence?
He was arrested, sentenced to 4 years in prison, and he has been tortured.
Please ..... send a message of hope!
ZIMBABWE - Women of Zimbabwe Arise
Their crime?
They have led peaceful marches to protest about the difficult situation in their country.
The consequence?
They have been arrested, beaten up, not allowed to speak to a lawyer or to have food or medical care.
Please ..... send a message of hope!
Send cards – a message of support
Add name and address (could be initials + school address)
No AI cardsNo politics
Contribute to postage(not compulsory!) Postcard +
10g letter - 54p 20g letter - 78p
40g letter - £1.24
You are in my thoughts!
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I support you!
Thinking of you!
Dmitri, Maksim & Ruslan - Azerbaijan
Send religious OR non religious cards in English, Azeri, Turkish, Russian –to Dmitri, Maksim &
Ruslan
The Ashcombe School, Dorking, UK
November 2007Dear Dmitri, Maksim and Ruslan'With best wishes' ‘s nailuchshimipojelaniyami’
Your name
Contribute to postage if you can
With best wishes
Dmitri Pavlov, Maksim Genashilkin and Ruslan BessonovC/o Elhan SADYHOV,Head of the pre-trial detention centreg. Baku AZ1044pos. ShuvelyanyUl. Almaz - ilbrim 41SIZO-3Azerbaijan
FATIMA HUSSEIN AL-BADI - Yemen
Send cards – a non-religious card or a card representing the
Muslim faith with a
message of support in English or Arabic to Fatima via her
lawyer
The Ashcombe School, Dorking, UKNovember 2007
Dear Fatima
‘My thoughts are with you’
Your name Contribute to postage if you can
Thinking of you
My thoughts
are with you.
You are in my thoughts
Mrs NasserPO Box 16020HaddaSana’aRepublic of Yemen
YE GUOZHU - People's Republic of China
Send cards in English or Mandarin Chinese – a
message of support to Ye Guozhu
The Ashcombe School, Dorking, UKNovember 2007
Dear Ye GuozhuIn solidarity with your important human rights work.
Your name Contribute to postage if you
can
Ye Guozhu109-12, Caobai JianyuJingshanxian ChadianzhanHanguquTianjingshiPeople’s Republic of China300481
In solidarity with your
important human rights work
ZIMBABWE - Women of Zimbabwe Arise
Send cards to the WOZA movement – a message in
English, Shona, or Ndebele,
The Ashcombe School, Dorking, UKNovember 2007
Dear members of WOZA
'In solidarity with your important human rights work'
Your name
Contribute to postage if you can
WOZAPO Box FM 701FamonaBulawayoZimbabwe
In solidarity with your
important human rights work
You are listening to .....
Emmanuel Jal (from southern Sudan) & Abdel Gadir Salim (from northern Sudan)
Ceasefire[World Music Network; 2005]
The peace following the brutal north-south civil war which pitted the Muslim, Arab, and comparatively
wealthy north against the south has been encroached upon by the violence in Dafur, but the lyrics of both
men reflect on the hope for lasting peace in their country.
Music obviously cannot put a wrecked nation back together, but it can be one of the first steps toward
reconciliation
Ceasefire is a celebration of peace that looks forward to better days.
extracts from article by
Joe Tangari, pitchfork record reviews
Amnesty International
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